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October 5, 2016
Shaun Lascelles, who previously worked as a private equity specialist with Ashurst, has joined Vinson & Elkins. Prior to Ashurst, he co-headed the global private equity practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &

September 19, 2016
Ashurst has suffered yet another partner departure as Shaun Lascelles has announced his exit as managing partner of the firm’s Singapore office. He joined the firm in 2015 from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &

February 15, 2016
After nearly three decades, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is closing its operations in Australia. The firm's Sydney office will close sometime this year, the firm has confirmed.
At present, the Sydney office is

October 1, 2015
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has hired tax partner Thomas Perrot from Linklaters to head its tax practice in Paris, as the firm tries to boost its offering in the area.
Skaddens Paris office currently has

August 25, 2015
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's former co-head of private equity, Shaun Lascelles, is leaving the firm and returning after many years to Ashurst, where he was once an associate. Lascelles became a partner at Skadden

March 11, 2015
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier has brought one of its former partners, Marcus Billam, back on board in a lateral hire that is rare for the French firm. Billam returns to Darrois Villey by recent way of Allen & Overy.

February 10, 2015
Ashurst is shifting strength to its Tokyo office by moving Asia managing partner Matthew Bubb and partner Dominic Gregory there. The move will bolster its energy, infrastructure and finance practices in Japan.
Bubb is